The participant list for the April 29th gathering was curated to
represent a broad spectrum of the community but to be mostly entrepreneurs,
said Nabyl Charania (pictured), managing director of Rokk3r Labs, a hybrid accelerator
that launches disruptive companies that has grown to 33 employees in a year. Under the guidance of Feld and the assistance of The
Value Web, which helps facilitate collaboration, the large group will be
subdivided into smaller groups that will be asked to come up with strategies in
various areas such as angel and later-stage funding, branding Miami, and attracting and retaining tech
talent.

Noting the successes of Refresh Miami, Knight Foundation, Venture Hive, The LAB Miami, Pipeline and other groups and that many
of the pieces needed for a vibrant tech community are already in place, Charania said: “Our goal is to come up with a roadmap. We want executable goals
so as entrepreneurs we can take ownership of some pieces and other people take
ownership of other pieces. Everyone needs to buy in. We are not naive enough to think this will happen in one sitting, but we hope this ignites the spark and entrepreneurs will get inspired to band together to achieve the goals they decide upon.”

Later on Monday, at 4 p.m., Feld will give a presentation about building a startup community; it will be at The LAB Miami and it is open to the public. He'll sign books, too. As of Friday, more than
300 people had registered for the free event. More information is here:
rokkmiami.eventbrite.com/

“Like Brad says in his book, we can’t wait for government, we
can’t wait for investors to come here, it has to be entrepreneurial led,”
said Charania. To build a tech and startup hub, “we have to take responsibility.”